Where does “утерять” come from?
утерять (Russian) comes from Russian теря́ть, from Old East Slavic теряти, from Serbo-Croatian terati, from Proto-Slavic těrjati.
утерять (Russian): to lose, to forfeit
Ancestry of “утерять”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | теря́ть | — |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | теряти | wreck, ruin |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | terati | to force, make; to induce, cause; to drive, drive... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | těrjati | — |